Videos

Mojotone BlackOut Review

A killer handwired tweed-style amp for under a grand.

Rig Rundown: Samantha Fish [2019]

The rising blues guitar star demos her No. 1 SG with her expanded pedalboard, and goes deep with her workhorse Jaguars, Stogie Blues cigar box, Delaney 512, Taylor acoustic, and Category 5 amps.

First Look: Fender Vintera ’50s, ’60s & ’70s Telecasters

Explore the subtle to significant differences among the company’s three new vintage-spec, mid-priced solidbodies.

Riff Rundown: Between the Buried and Me's "Silent Flight Parliament"

Paul Waggoner shows you how a handful of diminished and augmented sounds form the core of this track from the band's The Parallax II album.

First Look: Blackstar Silverline Standard

We take a listen to the British amp outfit’s latest, which features six power-tube-mimicking modes and numerous recording and performance options—all in a compact and handsome form factor.

Mojotone BlackOut Review

October 17, 2019

Joe Gore

A killer handwired tweed-style amp for under a grand.

Rig Rundown: Samantha Fish [2019]

October 16, 2019

Ted Drozdowski

The rising blues guitar star demos her No. 1 SG with her expanded pedalboard, and goes deep with her workhorse Jaguars, Stogie Blues cigar box, Delaney 512, Taylor acoustic, and Category 5 amps.

Harmony Silhouette Review

October 15, 2019

Dave Hunter

High-quality construction and versatile mini-humbuckers help a pawnshop fixture evolve into a mid-price top-performer.

First Look: Fender Vintera ’50s, ’60s & ’70s Telecasters

October 14, 2019

John Bohlinger

Explore the subtle to significant differences among the company’s three new vintage-spec, mid-priced solidbodies.

Riff Rundown: Between the Buried and Me's "Silent Flight Parliament"

October 13, 2019

Premier Guitar

Paul Waggoner shows you how a handful of diminished and augmented sounds form the core of this track from the band's The Parallax II album.

First Look: Blackstar Silverline Standard

October 10, 2019

John Bohlinger

We take a listen to the British amp outfit’s latest, which features six power-tube-mimicking modes and numerous recording and performance options—all in a compact and handsome form factor.

Rig Rundown: Torche's Steve Brooks & Jonathan Nuñez

October 9, 2019

Chris Kies

When these metalheads couldn’t lasso the tones in their heads, Nuñez took the DIY route and launched his own company to create gear for their boards and backline.

First Look: Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb

October 7, 2019

John Bohlinger

Classic "American" amp tones in a butt-simple modeling amp? You bet—and it sheds 15 pounds in the process!

Don't Be Scared of Improv

October 5, 2019

Lindsay Ell

Unleash the power of pentatonics and learn how to make it up as you go along.

Supro Silverwood Review

October 3, 2019

Joe Gore

Hey, 1960 called. They want their guitar back.

Rig Rundown: Knocked Loose

October 2, 2019

Perry Bean

These purveyors of punishing ’90s-style hardcore chisel their heavy sound with down-tuned 7-strings and lighter hues of delay and modulation.

Andy Powers Demos the Taylor 317e Grand Pacific Dreadnought

October 2, 2019

First Look: MXR Clone Looper

October 1, 2019

John Bohlinger

Two footswitches, one knob, and an almost infinite universe of speed-morphing, reverse-recording, loop-stacking possibilities.

Rig Rundown: Thunderpussy's Whitney Petty

September 25, 2019

Chris Kies

The guitarist of Mike McCready’s favorite new band uses a straightforward setup that proves a swaggering, punk attitude and greasy rock ’n’ roll isn't just a man’s game.

Rig Rundown: As Cities Burn's Cody Bonnette

September 18, 2019

Perry Bean

The founding guitarist shows how he breaks the post-hardcore mold with single-coils, old-school amps, and extreme stereo effects.

First Look: Peavey Invective MH

September 16, 2019

Perry Bean

Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor’s shrunken signature amp dishes 20 brutally loud watts—plus a boatload of flexible sound-shaping and recording options.